It takes the average reader 7 hours and 1 minute to read Arthur Phillip by Derek Parker
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Over the two centuries since his appointment, commentators have been as surprised at the choice of Arthur Phillip as some were at the time (the First Lord of the Admiralty, to mention only the most distinguished critic). But was it really so surprising? What did the Home Office and the Admiralty expect of a man who was to navigate a fleet to the antipodes, and when he got it there unload its cargo of unregenerate criminals and forge them into some sort of a working colony? Apart from the necessary seamanship, they needed a man with a cool head who understood men and how to control them, a man...
Arthur Phillip by Derek Parker is 408 pages long, and a total of 105,264 words.
This makes it 138% the length of the average book. It also has 129% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 35 minutes to read Arthur Phillip aloud.
Arthur Phillip is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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